Houston Astros News

Houston’s Craig Biggio and Philadelphia’s Jimmy Rollins each hit leadoff home runs Monday night, the first time this season leadoff batters went deep in the same game. Biggio hit Adam Eaton’s first pitch of the game into the left field stands for his 51st career leadoff home run. Rollins tied the score with his 19th [...]

Dave Bush pitched into the ninth inning in another strong performance against Houston, helping the Milwaukee Brewers beat Roy Oswalt and the Astros 4-3 Sunday. Bush (2-1) allowed three runs and five hits in eight-plus innings to improve to 3-0 in his career against Houston. He struck out seven and walked one.

ANAHEIM, Ca. – The Angels’ Bartolo Colon is one of the lucky ones, back on the mound while many other elite pitchers remain sidelined.

J.J. Hardy hit two homers and drove in three runs as the Milwaukee Brewers ended the Houston Astros’ five-game winning streak with a 6-4 victory Saturday night. Chris Capuano (3-0) pitched a season-high six innings for the win, allowing four runs and four hits while striking out six and walking six. Francisco Cordero pitched the [...]

Craig Biggio hit his first grand slam in 13 years with one out in the ninth and the Houston Astros beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 on Friday night to extend their winning streak to five. Chris Burke led off the ninth with a bunt single off Matt Wise (0-1). Adam Everett then walked on four [...]

Carlos Lee was all smiles around former Brewers teammates Geoff Jenkins and Bill Hall. Meanwhile, Lee’s new manager, Phil Garner, compared him to some of the past greats in Milwaukee. “He’s a very even-tempered guy,” said Garner, who managed Milwaukee from 1992-99. “Robin Yount was this way, Paul Molitor was the way, some of the [...]

Luke Scott hit a bases-loaded double to highlight another eighth-inning rally by the Houston Astros, who completed a two-game sweep with an 8-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night. One night after they scored five runs in the eighth to pull one out, the Astros put up five more in the same inning [...]

Jason Lane hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning, completing a rally that lifted the Houston Astros to a 7-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night. Down 2-1, the Astros scored five times in the eighth against a bullpen that hadn’t surrendered a lead so late. Not surprisingly, Lance Berkman was a [...]

Carlos Lee made good on a promise to his fans. Lee, nicknamed “El Caballo” or “The Horse,” received a stick horse from the fans who call themselves “Los Caballitos” before Tuesday’s game and vowed he’d ride it if he hit a homer. The 240-pound slugger hit a two-run shot and drove in two more [...]

Carlos Lee hit a two-run homer and drove in two more runs to lead the Houston Astros to a 6-1 win over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday night. Lee’s home run to the Crawford Boxes in left field off Jorge Julio put Houston ahead 2-1 in the fourth. Lee, whose nickname is “El Caballo” or [...]